most points scored in a game by a guard from 1946-47 to 1978-79

Between the 1946-47 and 1978-79 seasons, David Thompson had the most points by a guard in a game, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season game by a guard from 1946-47 to 1978-79

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7	17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5	16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9	17	20	85.0	54.5				3
4	Jerry West J. West	63	1/17/1962	LAL	vs	NYK	39	3	3			22	36	61.1	19	22	86.4	69.0				5
5	Fred Brown F. Brown	58	3/23/1974	SEA	@	GSW	45	6	3	2		24	37	64.9	10	13	76.9	67.9	2	4		2
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0	9	12	75.0	62.9				4
7	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12	8			18	31	58.1	21	26	80.8	67.2				1
8	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	56	2/13/1968	BAL	vs	LAL	51	7	3			20	33	60.6	16	22	72.7	65.6				4
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	56	12/18/1964	CIN	vs	LAL		9	12			17	33	51.5	22	23	95.7	64.9				2
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	55	2/23/1972	CIN	vs	POR	44	3	7			20	31	64.5	15	19	78.9	69.9				0
11	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3			22	38	57.9	10	10	100.0	63.7				3
12	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	53	3/28/1975	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3	11	12	91.7	61.2				5
13	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	53	12/6/1972	BAL	vs	POR	42	1	4			22	31	71.0	9	11	81.8	73.9				0
14	Jerry West J. West	53	1/29/1965	LAL	vs	CIN		6	3			21	36	58.3	11	12	91.7	64.2				6
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	52	1/11/1979	SAS	vs	SDC	37	1	4	2	1	24	33	72.7	4	4	100.0	74.8			3	1
16	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/27/1973	KCO	@	ATL	48	8	11			21	31	67.7	10	13	76.9	70.8				2
17	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	52	1/9/1973	KCO	vs	NYK	53	3	14			18	28	64.3	16	17	94.1	73.3				1
18	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	51	3/18/1977	NOJ	@	PHX	48	6	1	5	2	21	34	61.8	9	10	90.0	66.4	1	5		3
19	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	51	12/14/1976	NOJ	vs	KCK	47	7	6	1	1	18	38	47.4	15	18	83.3	55.5				2
20	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	12/11/1976	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7	15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0		3
21	Phil Smith P. Smith	51	1/8/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1	11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3		3
22	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	51	3/16/1973	POR	vs	HOU	40	4	5			19	28	67.9	13	16	81.3	72.8				1
23	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	51	1/20/1973	POR	@	HOU	42	2	7			19	35	54.3	13	14	92.9	62.0				1
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	51	11/18/1972	KCO	vs	HOU	48	1	14			17	34	50.0	17	18	94.4	60.8				4
25	Jerry West J. West	51	12/10/1965	LAL	@	CIN	41	8	4			21	35	60.0	9	11	81.8	64.0				3